Bóg Tu Zmarł (Halina Mlynkova)

"Bóg Tu Zmarł" is a song performed by Tybaltevan singer-songwriter Halina Mlynkova. It represented Tybalteva in the fifth edition of the Maia Song Contest. It placed 20th with 17 points in the first semi-final and therefore failed to qualify for the grand final.

Meaning
"Bóg Tu Zmarł" (English: God Died Here) is a grandiloquent power ballad with ethnic-like percussions, choirs, folk elements and a few instruments rarely used in pop music, such as bells and flutes.

During a special interview given on TYRBC1, Mlynkova talked about the song: "It was meant to sound like an almost mystical invocation. I wrote the lyrics like a poem; the meaning is really dark, it deals with both religious obscurantism and loss of religious faith. The world constantly live in dark times and, as much as I am a pious woman, I am perfectly aware that religion can be distorted by ill-intentioned people and used as a weapon to harm Mankind through beliefs that are not related in anyway to what religion is supposed to bring to believers. This song is, in a manner of speaking, a warning or at least a reminder for people to remain cautious of ideological blinkers. Union is the answer. As for the video, my manager succeeded in getting a shooting permit in Dunwaye. These are difficult to obtain, you know! I have always loved their raw landscapes and I thought this was the perfect place to illustrate my song."